Musicians work with Blue Water Baltimore to cleanup Lower Gwynns Falls

One of Baltimore's most neglected water streams -- Lower Gwynns Falls -- underwent a major cleanup on Monday.

Volunteers said they discovered an underwater junkyard through all the muck alongside the popular 13-mile trail.

"(There are) lot of hoses, bags plastic bottles. They have a shopping cart down there. I pulled out a muffler, a futon," volunteer Maurice Kalous said.

"This stream is gorgeous and unfortunately, it's just been totally trashed from litter coming down in storm water, and so we wanted to clean it up so that people who use the trail can enjoy it to its fullest," said Debra Lenik, with Blue Water Baltimore.

The cleanup effort is hosted by Blue Water Baltimore. The nonprofit organization's mission is to clean Baltimore's streams, rivers and harbors. On Monday, nearly 200 volunteers rolled up their sleeves and picked up tons of trash from stream banks.

Most of these volunteers on this day are rock stars and roadies from the Vans Warped Tour 2012. The international summer tour introduced fans to popular artists like Katy Perry and the Black Eyed Peas. So instead of picking up their musical instruments and signing autographs, the dedicated music artists just want to pick up the trash.

"They contacted us. They have a day off and they happened to be in Baltimore this year and they wanted to do some service," Lenik said.

By cleaning up tons of trash the volunteers hope they can encourage others to make a difference.

"Every little bit counts. The little bit will all add up to a great thing one day," Kalous said.

In addition to cleaning water streams, Blue Water Baltimore also helps plant trees throughout the area.